We Made Some Ink! Washingtonian Magazine July 2022

Being residents of the greater DMV (that's DC, Maryland, Virginia for those not in the know), the Washingtonian is our version of New York Magazine or Los Angeles Magazine, with features on local interest, published monthly.  And this month has a one-page feature on the Alice collection, only 6 years in the making!  Pictures below of the cover and our single page, and then an annotated page.

In the photo below, the numbered its are:

1. Regal Mad Hatter Teapot
2. Gund Queen of Hearts Vinylite Stuffed Toy
3. Regal White Rabbit Creamer
4. Zaccagnini (Italy) Cheshire Cat Figure
5. Disneyland White Rabbit Press/VIP Gift from 1984 Attraction Re-Opening
6. Neevel Doll Wardrobe Case
7. Lars (Italy) Bill the Lizard Stuffed Toy
8. 1970s Disneyland Child's Sunglasses
9. National Leather Mfg Co Schoolbag
10. Madame Alexander Doll
11. Larceram (France) Lamp
12. Chad Valley (England) Nursery Play-Toy Tin Stacking Blocks
13. Unknown Tweedledee/dum String Holder (likely unlicensed)
14. Enesco Head Vase
15. Sni-Dor (Canada) Record Player
16. Goebel (Germany) Dodo Smoker Ashtray
17. Unknown (England) Meal Time Dish Set
18. Hassenfeld Bros (Hasbro) Nurse Kit
19. Linemar Mad Hatter's Sky-View Taxi Tin Friction Toy
20. US Time Watch in Teacup Box

Cinerevue December 1951 from France - Holiday Cover

Beautiful Christmas cover on this issue of Cinerevue magazine from France in 1951.  Alice was released at Christmastime in France, and this was one of several Christmas themed Alice items from that part of the world.

Le Journal de Mickey #30 from France - Christmas Special

Let's continue the Christmas festivities, shall we?  Here we have issue number 30 of Le Journal de Mickey from France, the Christmas special issue from 1951.  While Le Journal never did a serialization of the film in its original release, this issue has a few Alice things.

First is a full page ad for Les Albums Roses - the French version of Little Golden Books.

In this detail you can see listing for the three Alice titles previously posted here, here, and here.

And a half-page ad for Tobler chocolate, featuring Alice in Wonderland.

The ad is presented as a comic strip (figures) of Alice and Dinah chasing the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole.  The ad also mentions the collectible premiums that I originally posted here.

I have to admit, the art on this is pretty bad, fortunately the art on the premiums is MUCH better.

Little Golden Book - Alice et le Chapelier Fou - France

First of two known foreign editions of the Mad Tea Party, the French edition.  Essentially the same cover as the American, but rendered differently.

As with the other French editions of the Little Golden Books - or more properly Les Albums Roses - the various printings all look the same and have the same 1952 copyright, the only differences being the end papers

and the back cover.

Unknown French Lamp

Another one for the 'where did this come from' column is this French lamp.  I have two variations of this, one with just the figures of Alice and the White Rabbit with the very cool Caterpillar leaves (complete with lamp and cord),

and another base only, with the same figure, but also a small planter to the side.  I acquired both of these from France, but there are no markings of any kind on them whatsoever.

UPDATE:  A reader has identified the make of these, a company called Larceram, from Paris, and was kind enough to send me an image of the label.  Thank you Christian!

Photos of Alice Attractions

I received an email from the proprietor of the Think Disney blog, he currently has up TONS of photos of the various Alice attractions at the various theme parks - some even from me ;-) Go take a look!

Merry Christmas! Cinémonde Magazine Christmas Special Edition

Merry Christmas to all my faithful readers out there. Here's hoping your holidays are happy and safe.

This is the cover to the Christmas special edition of a French film magazine called Cinémonde. I love this cover, Santa Mickey is delivering his Christmas present to France, the theatrical release of Alice in Wonderland. Inside is a six-page article on the making of the film (stay tuned for those pages) as well as a two-page article on the True Life Adventures.

French Multi-Color Sheet Music

Yesterday you may recall I showed what I think is the original release sheet music from France. Today we see another piece of sheet music from France that I don't really know anything about - not that I really know anything about yesterday's either.

This is one of a set of monotone sheets, where each title is a different color. So far I've seen three colors: green (All in the Golden Afternoon, Very Good Advice),

blue (Alice in Wonderland, In a World of My Own),


and red (I'm Late)

I do not own copies of The Unbirthday Song, Twas Brillig or March of the Cards. Presumably one of them is red, and perhaps there is a fourth color I've not seen yet for the remaining two (which would be nicely symmetrical), perhaps black, brown, yellow or orange.

The thing about these sheets that is so odd is that except for their size (roughly 2/3 the size of the sheet from yesterday) and the fact that these are printed on the world's cheapest paper, they are the same as yesterday's sheet. Same publisher, same address, same set of songs listed, same advert on the back for Cinderella music. So I really have no idea what these are. It is possible that these are from a later period, but seems unlikely since re-releases produced far fewer song sheets, usually only I'm Late. I suppose these could be an inexpensive variant, perhaps for schools or something. I'll probably never know for sure.

Original Release Sheet Music - France

More sheet music from the original release (I think), this time from France. Notice again the same artwork - or nearly. It is slightly more primitive looking, especially the Cheshire Cat.

Notice also the similar weird color scheme as in the American and Australian sheets - combinations of blue, yellow and green, although not exactly the same.

This is the only piece I've found that looks like this and is about the same size as the American and Australian. I have however found some other French sheet music that is more different still. Stay tuned tomorrow.

Little Golden Book - Alice et le Lapin Blanc - France

From Hachette (the one we all know and love), comes the French version. This is part of a series known as Les Albums Roses - their equivalent of Golden Books - but being French they are PINK!

There are several editions of this book that look virtually identical, and unfortunately they all have the same 1952 copyright date. The only way to tell a true first edition is by the endpapers

and the back cover.

These books, like their American counterparts, have red tinted page edges - or I guess that should be PINK!

French Movie Poster - Moyenne

Sorry for the long break between posts, business travel and other real world issues were at the fore, but back now.

This is a very cool poster. It is an original release poster from France, size is 60x80 cm (23x31 in), a size known as "Moyenne."

The artist for this poster was a gentleman named Boris Grinsson (1907-1999), who provided the artwork for LOTS of French film posters, over 2000 I believe. There is a book available on his poster art from French Amazon, some of the most striking French posters ever made were done by M. Grinsson.

Boris Grinsson on Amazon

Tobler Sticker Album

Today we have the Alice sticker album that was advertised in the poster from yesterday's post. It is a very nice little sticker album, little being the operative word here. Compared to other sticker albums of the day, it is downright tiny, with only 4 interior pages and a total of 45 stickers. If you compare that with the Belgian sticker album's 150 stickers, you get my meaning.

All these Tobler sticker (or really card) albums are made the same way. The interior pages where you place the 'vignettes' is a single, one-color sheet folded once, giving you 4 pages. The cover is a separate piece, slighly larger than the interior pages, again folded once to make 4 pages, and in full color. The Alice album's cover art is quite nice, I've seen generic cover art for other albums, but have not personally seen any other film-specific covers to date. 'Course, I'm not lookin' for 'em either.

Download a PDF of the entire album (14MB).

Tobler Advertising Mini Poster

The Tobler chocolate company did a lot of Disney promotion over the years. In a previous post I showed you the postcards they did for Alice. They also did a number of sticker albums, Alice included.

This is the promotional poster or handbill for the Alice sticker album. In reality it is the back side of the full color poster for a Snow White promotion. But really, who cares about Snow White? :)


In fact, when I encountered this on ebay several years ago, the seller didn't even list the Alice content on the back, I guessed its existence by the reference on the front to au verso une merveille.

Ciné Revue May 25, 1951

This is a French magazine called Ciné Revue from May 25, 1951. It is your basic movie magazine, but large format 11x14. This particular issue has an amazing four page article on the making of Alice in Wonderland.

This mag is chock full of live action reference photos, some of which I've not seen in any other publications, and lots of art taken directly from model sheets too.

If you look closely at some of the photos, especially the large one of Kathryn Beaumont holding the kitten and the one with Walt, you can see some Mary Blair concept art.

The photos of Kathy and Bobby Driscoll in various locations are pretty fun too, since they were probably already recording the voices for Peter Pan at this time. The photo of them outside the Brown Derby is particularly cool.

Alice au Pays des Merveilles Storyteller by Marie-Claire Marty

This is a French storyteller EP from I think 1951. It has Alice on side 1, and Snow White on side 2. The voice of Alice is provided by Marie-Claire Marty, the film voice of Alice in the original 1951 release in France (which is why I think this is from 1951). Her voice is very good, she's the proper age - about the same age as Kathryn Beaumont - and her vocal quality is very similar. In fact, she also provided the voice of Wendy when Peter Pan was released in France in 1953, just like Kathryn Beaumont did. You can find out more about Marie-Claire Marty at the French Wikipedia site entry, and if you read French there is an interview with her here.

They changed voices when they re-released the film in 1974, don't know why.

The storyteller consists of 4 scenes, and lasts about 12 minutes. Since I'm having so much fun with my new toy, I'm including the first scene here.

Hachette Catalog - Christmas 1951

My blog recently got mentioned on a French Disney site, so I thought I'd post something decidedly French. This is a catalog for Hachette, a French publisher that produced (and still produces) most of the Disney books in France. This was an insert in a larger catalog for the Grands Magasins du Louvre - a French department store - for the Christmas season in 1951 (which was when Alice was released in France).

The catalog is a single sheet, folded once, making 4 total pages. Interior and back list lots of books published by Hachette, but the cover is what makes this item. I love the art on this. Here's to all my French readers, enjoy!

Tobler Postcards

In the 1950s Tobler, the chocolate company, put out a very large number of postcards as premiums. The total number of Disney cards is vast, I don't know how many, dozens certainly, perhaps as many as one hundred or more. This set of Alice cards is small in comparison to the other films they made cards for, hard to imagine why since Alice has more characters by far than any other Disney animated film.


The Alice card is especially nice, it is one of my favorite images. I do not know why Alice and the Tweedles do not have their names printed on the cards like the Mad Hatter and March Hare, but all of the copies I've seen are this way.

Little Golden Book - Alice au Pays des Fleurs - France

Today's post, #3 in the Garden of Live Flowers series, is from France. Alice au Pays des Fleurs literally translates to Alice in the Land of Flowers.

Again, different cover art than in the US edition, very nice art at that. There were a couple of different printings of this book, this is a first printing, but the only real differences in them are the back cover and the inside front cover.